sough (redirected from soughs)

sough  (sou, sf)

intr.v. soughed, sough·ing, soughs

To make a soft murmuring or rustling sound.

n.

A soft murmuring or rustling sound, as of the wind or a gentle surf.

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[Middle English swowen, soughen, from Old English swgan.]

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sough¹

vb

(intr) (esp of the wind) to make a characteristic sighing sound

n

a soft continuous murmuring sound

[Old English swōgan to resound; related to Gothic gaswogjan to groan, Lithuanian svageti to sound, Latin vāgīre to lament]

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sough²

n

(Engineering / Civil Engineering) Northern English dialect a sewer or drain or an outlet channel

[of obscure origin]

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

sough - make a murmuring sound; "the water was purling" purl make noise, noise, resound - emit a noise

Translations

sough [saʊ]

A. N → susurro m

B. VI → susurrar

sough (liter)

n → Rauschen nt

vi (wind) → rauschen